Ally MacLeod

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Ally MacLeod
Personnel
Surname Alistair Reid MacLeod
birthday February 26, 1931
place of birth Glasgow ,  Scotland
date of death February 1, 2004
Place of death Ayr ,  Scotland
position Left winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1949-1955 Third Lanark
1955-1956 FC St. Mirren
1956-1961 Blackburn Rovers
1961-1963 Hibernian Edinburgh
1963-1964 Third Lanark
1964-1965 Ayr United
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1966-1975 Ayr United
1975-1977 Aberdeen FC
1977-1988 Scotland
1978 Ayr United
1979-1981 Motherwell FC
1984-1985 Airdrieonians FC
1986-1989 Ayr United
1991-1992 Queen of the South
1 Only league games are given.

Alistair Reid "Ally" MacLeod (born February 26, 1931 in Glasgow , † February 1, 2004 in Ayr ) was a Scottish football player and coach .

Career

Ally MacLeod became a professional footballer in 1956 with the Scottish premier league club FC St. Mirren . However, he only stayed with this club for six weeks and then went to England to join the Blackburn Rovers . The greatest success of his football career was reaching the English Cup final in 1960 with Blackburn , which the team lost 3-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers . In the same year MacLeod moved back to Scotland for FC Hibernian Edinburgh .

In 1966 he ended his active career and became a coach. After finishing his career at Ayr United , he became the coach of the small club and stayed there for nine years. He brought the club into the Scottish Premier League. In 1975 he took over responsibility for Aberdeen FC and led this club to the runner-up title. In 1977 he became the Scottish national coach and drove with the Scottish national team to the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . A large number of Scottish fans accompanied Ally's Army to South America and MacLeod, after victories over Argentina and England , which in turn did not go to the World Cup, confirmed the fans' hopes that the Scottish team's goal would be at least one medal at this World Cup. But the start in this World Cup tournament was the only disappointment. Peru was taken lightly, took an early 1-0 lead through Joe Jordan , but missed a penalty and had to accept the equalizer. 20 minutes before the end, the exceptional Peruvian player Teófilo Cubillas gave the Scots a big shock with two remarkable goals for a 3-1 victory for Peru. When his team also played the next game against the blatant outsider Iran only 1: 1, the bankruptcy was perfect. The 3-2 victory against the eventual runner-up world champions Netherlands did not comfort that either . Scotland drove home again after a preliminary round.

MacLeod should be fired immediately after the tournament, but remained national coach until 1979. He coached the clubs Motherwell FC , Airdrie and Ayr United again in the following years without much success . However, the fatal result at the World Cup in Argentina was still remembered. In 2015 he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame.

In 2004, Ally MacLeod died after a long period of Alzheimer's disease .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian Glanville: Obituary: Ally MacLeod. In: theguardian.com. February 6, 2004, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  2. ^ Once upon a time in Argentina: the story of Ally MacLeod and his Tartan Army. In: thesefootballtimes.co. June 27, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Flashback: Scotland's 1978 World Cup adventure… when manager Ally MacLeod believed his side were unbeatable. In: telegraph.co.uk. November 14, 2014, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Aidan Smith: Interview: Hibs hero Ally MacLeod on the final that got away. In: scotsman.com. May 21, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Ken Gall: When Saturday Comes - Scotland's 1978 World Cup was awful. In: wsc.co.uk. July 27, 2016, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  6. ^ Ally McLeod - Scottish Football Hall of Fame. In: scottishfootballhalloffame.co.uk. Retrieved February 19, 2017 .
  7. ^ Ally MacLeod among new additions to Scottish Football Hall of Fame. In: stv.tv. October 18, 2015, accessed February 19, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Ally MacLeod: His legacy, legend and why he's not in Scottish football's Hall of Fame. In: heraldscotland.com. July 18, 2015, accessed February 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME MacLeod, Ally
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacLeod, Alistair Reid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2004
Place of death Ayr , Scotland